Big-O Intuition
Reason about how work grows with input size.
Do this: Read the concept below, then try the quiz or activity.
Lesson 18 of 20
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Concept
Constant, linear, log, and quadratic patterns cover most beginner code. Favor linear passes; beware nested loops over large data.
Order from fastest to slowest (as n grows)
These steps are out of order — can you fix them?
1.O(n log n)
2.O(1)
3.O(n^2)
4.O(n)